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I'm not obssessed with Bach's music. And I'm definitely not obssessed with his fugues.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music. And I'm definitely not obssessed with his fugues.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music. And I'm definitely not obssessed with his fugues.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music. And I'm definitely not obssessed with his fugues.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music. And I'm definitely not obssessed with his fugues.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music. And I'm definitely not obssessed with his fugues.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music. And I'm definitely not obssessed with his fugues.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music. And I'm definitely not obssessed with his fugues.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music. And I'm definitely not obssessed with his fugues.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music. And I'm definitely not obssessed with his fugues.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music. And I'm definitely not obssessed with his fugues.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music. And I'm definitely not obssessed with his fugues.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music. And I'm definitely not obssessed with his fugues.
I'm not obssessed with Bach's music. And I'm definitely not obssessed with his fugues.

Listen to any Bach cantata. As I understand, writing cantatas was Bach's primary job. He just grinded them out, one after another. I believe there is more genius in these cantatas than in any other body of work in all of music.

Seriously, we all debate whether this quartet or that trio or this sonata or that concerto or this symphony or that mass is the greatest.

I have maybe 1/3 of the Bach cantatas...maybe less! Of these, I put together a playlist of my favorite selections from them, and it lasts almost 8 hours long. One composer. Highlights from less than 1/3 of his cantatas overwhelm! And this doesn't even consider his more "popular" achievements!

"The greatest contrapuntist of all time?" Bah - bah - bah, pish tosh. THAT IGNORES about four hundred previous years and dozens of masters 'equal' to Bach in counterpoint. Just admit it, is is one kind of mostly Tonal counterpoint which to many is more ACCESSIBLE than the earlier, or later, contrapuntist masters, Including some whose counterpoint does not remotely sound like 18th century baroque Thuringian / Saxon style.

Sick of the near psychotic Bach Sycophancy / reverence, while not denying he was One of The Very Brilliant Composers, but Just One of Them.

ADD: Everyone has the 'right' to their own faith, as it were. Its just so many of these 'my hero' threads start out with an assumption / presumption that everyone has subscribed to the faith, eaten the wafer, drunk the wine, etc. In a 'modern' world, I just find that downright peculiar.

To all Bach fans out there: I need your help. His list of 1000+ works is so intimidating but I am determined to hear the best of it! I am very familiar with his piano(harpsichord, clavichord, keyboard... what ever the heck you want to call it) /violin solo and concerti repertoire (practically know the entire WTC by heart ) but have never really delved much into his vocal and organ masterpieces. You don't know what a pleasant surprise it was to hear the Mass in B Minor, Magnificat, and St. Matthew's Passion for the first time!

For all of you who claim this: Bach is not god. Bach is a human being, and we will not accept blasphemy at this forum. (And please don't go on a shpeel about religion, I'm pretty sure I'm the only Christian on this forum, but I won't "Jesus-freak" on you )

The Wedding Cantata is pretty amazing... if for nothing else, the stunning aria, "
Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten," for Soprano with a second melody on the baroque oboe, (Oboe Oboe da caccia).

I personally think that the horn adaptations of J.S. Bach's cello suites - especially the minuetto 1 and 2 of the first suite - are wonderful. I realise they aren't actually works of the man himself, but Wendell Hoss, the transcriber of the suites, did the old guy justice. They are a beautiful set of suites.